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J. N. Hays The Burdens of Disease (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- The Burdens of Disease
- Publication Name
- Burdens of Disease : Epidemics and Human Response in Western History
- Title
- The Burdens of Disease
- Subtitle
- Epidemics and Human Response in Western History
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0813546133
- EAN
- 9780813546131
- ISBN
- 9780813546131
- Edition
- Revised and Expanded
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Genre
- Science Nature & Math
- Topic
- Medicine
- Release Year
- 2009
- Release Date
- 15/10/2009
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Item Width
- 6.2in
- Item Weight
- 19 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Type
- Textbook
- Features
- Revised
- Number of Pages
- 390 Pages
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A review of the original edition of The Burdens of Disease that appeared in ISIS stated, "Hays has written a remarkable book. He too has a message: That epidemics are primarily dependent on poverty and that the West has consistently refused to accept this." This revised edition confirms the book's timely value and provides a sweeping approach to the history of disease. In this updated volume, with revisions and additions to the original content, including the evolution of drug-resistant diseases and expanded coverage of HIV/AIDS, along with recent data on mortality figures and other relevant statistics, J. N. Hays chronicles perceptions and responses to plague and pestilence over two thousand years of western history. Disease is framed as a multidimensional construct, situated at the intersection of history, politics, culture, and medicine, and rooted in mentalities and social relations as much as in biological conditions of pathology. This revised edition of The Burdens of Disease also studies the victims of epidemics, paying close attention to the relationships among poverty, power, and disease.
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Publisher
Rutgers University Press
ISBN-10
0813546133
ISBN-13
9780813546131
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73359698
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Burdens of Disease : Epidemics and Human Response in Western History
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
390 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
19 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ra649
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Edition Number
2
Reviews
An impressive text. Hays has presented us with a well-researched and insightful thesis, which deserves a wide readership not only among the microbiologically inclined, but also among all those concerned with the impact of microbial disease on public policy., In The Burdens of Disease J. N. Hays has synthesized a very large literature dealing with the history of medicine and disease. The result is an original and impressive book that deserves a wide readership. It provides a fascinating perspective on contemporary health issues., "Required reading for any university-level course on the social history of disease and, indeed, of medicine generally A masterly and reliable synthesis." American Historical Review, "Required reading for any university-level course on the social history of disease and, indeed, of medicine generally…A masterly and reliable synthesis." American Historical Review, Hays has written a remarkable book. He too has a message: that epidemics are primarily dependent on poverty and that the West has consistently refused to accept this. Hays's book should be in every undergraduate library and be recommended reading, as a whole or in part, in a wide range of history of medicine courses., Required reading for any university-level course on the social history of disease and, indeed, of medicine generally. A masterly and reliable synthesis., Hays has written a remarkable book. He too has a message: that epidemics are primarily dependent on poverty and that the West has consistently refused to accept this. Hays''s book should be in every undergraduate library and be recommended reading, as a whole or in part, in a wide range of history of medicine courses., "This is an impressive piece of work. It delivers more than it promises, for it not only treats epidemics and Western responses to them, but also discusses conflicting ideas about disease in relation to such topics as population, tuberculosis, technology, and empire--and all in a lucid, even-handed, and generous way...A fine and focused overview of a significant range of topics in the history of medicine." M. Jeanne Peterson, Indiana University, This is an impressive piece of work. It delivers more than it promises, for it not only treats epidemics and Western responses to them, but also discusses conflicting ideas about disease in relation to such topics as population, tuberculosis, technology, and empire-and all in a lucid, even-handed, and generous way. A fine and focused overview of a significant range of topics in the history of medicine., "This is an impressive piece of work. It delivers more than it promises, for it not only treats epidemics and Western responses to them, but also discusses conflicting ideas about disease in relation to such topics as population, tuberculosis, technology, and empire—and all in a lucid, even-handed, and generous way...A fine and focused overview of a significant range of topics in the history of medicine." M. Jeanne Peterson, Indiana University, "In The Burdens of Disease J. N. Hays has synthesized a very large literature dealing with the history of medicine and disease. The result is an original and impressive book that deserves a wide readership. It provides a fascinating perspective on contemporary health issues." Gerald Grob, Institute for Health Policy, Rutgers University, This is an impressive piece of work. It delivers more than it promises, for it not only treats epidemics and Western responses to them, but also discusses conflicting ideas about disease in relation to such topics as population, tuberculosis, technology, and empire--and all in a lucid, even-handed, and generous way. A fine and focused overview of a significant range of topics in the history of medicine., "Required reading for any university-level course on the social history of disease and, indeed, of medicine generally…A masterly and reliable synthesis." American Historical Review, "Hays has written a remarkable book. He too has a message: that epidemics are primarily dependent on poverty and that the West has consistently refused to accept this...[Hays’s book] should be in every undergraduate library and be recommended reading, as a whole or in part, in a wide range of history of medicine courses." ISIS, "Hays has written a remarkable book. He too has a message: that epidemics are primarily dependent on poverty and that the West has consistently refused to accept this...[Hays's book] should be in every undergraduate library and be recommended reading, as a whole or in part, in a wide range of history of medicine courses." ISIS, "InThe Burdens of DiseaseJ. N. Hays has synthesized a very large literature dealing with the history of medicine and disease. The result is an original and impressive book that deserves a wide readership. It provides a fascinating perspective on contemporary health issues." Gerald Grob, Institute for Health Policy, Rutgers University
Table of Content
List of Tables ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 One: The Western Inheritance: Greek and Roman Ideas about Disease 9 Two: Medieval Diseases and Responses 19 Three: The Great Plague Pandemic 37 Four: New Diseases and Transatlantic Exchanges 62 Five: Continuity and Change: Magic, Religion, Medicine, and Science, 500-1700 77 Six: Disease and the Enlightenment 105 Seven: Cholera and Sanitation 135 Eight: Tuberculosis and Poverty 155 Nine: Disease, Medicine, and Western Imperialism 179 Ten: The Scientific View of Disease and the Triumph of Professional Medicine 214 Eleven: The Apparent End of Epidemics 243 Twelve: Disease and Power 283 Notes 315 Suggestions for Further Reading 341 Index 357
Copyright Date
2009
Topic
Social History, History, Epidemiology, Diseases
Lccn
2008-051487
Dewey Decimal
614.4
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Medical, History
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